rconf_preso

“They think that they’re not doing anything interesting because they assume that everyone knows as much as they do…
As you become more of an expert, your quality bar gets higher and higher and you forget that everything you know is not known by everyone.”

-Aaron Francis

“worth noting that” line from novice to expert may not be at all straight, and that it’s not a single line. It probably more looks like a swirling, multi-branched tree/plant root (“choose your own adventure” style) –> because we all might be “experts” in diff things, it’s worthwhile sharing what we know! remember, quote from before about common blindspots!

Use this as a “real quick let’s clarify who is a”data” person” moment to say why I’ve been putting quotes around it

Maybe consider putting this before the ‘why’? Feels like a back tracking…so be careful about that a. Who is a “non data” –> do I need to incl this? –> can make short/quick (mention this is why there are quotes around it) b. usually self-designated (I think anyone/everyone can be a data person, but on a spectrum; we aren’t/don’t have to be at same level) c. who you should be talking to 1. if you work in an org, talk with people not on your team, or people that you may work w/ obliquely

Spotify Wrapped

Pudding’s Music Borders

Nadieh Bremer’s Gold Record Data Art

Pudding’s Judge My Spotify

WHY- accessibility

Penguins come in all shapes and sizes. Gentoo penguins tend to have the longest flipper length, on average, at 217.19mm, compared to Adelie (189.95 mm) and Chinstrap (195.82 mm) penguins.

Penguin Measurements by Species
species	flipper_length_mm
Adelie	189.9536
Chinstrap	195.8235
Gentoo	217.1870

TODO: make image of table of numbers –> viz (use palmer penguins as example). make something for these 4: (in text, in table, in single stats, in viz) of palmer penguins. Maybe incl slide before one with all 4 things of penguins wandering gif/pushing each other into ice

you could go out an count penguins all day, and maybe that’s what you do. but if that was the only way to learn about them for everyone, then we might not get too far. we rely on others’ data to summarize, to count, to understand the world around us. and if we present data in different ways (in text, in table, in single stats, in viz) we’ll be able to understand different aspects/maybe learn something new

this is just one example of how data can be used as an accessibility tool. numbers themselves can be a way to summarise information, and if we show numbers/data in a particular way, it can make the info more (or less) clear and accessible to folks.

Mention accessibility (maybe elaborate in the how section) HOW DOES ACCESSIBILITY FACTOR IN? –> TBD on including this?? –> yes, include! in maybe where or why or how Visualizations themselves are an accessibility tool, rather than looking at a block of numbers in a spreadsheet or table. Of course, there are lots of ways to make visualizations more/less accessible (that’s a topic for a whole other talk and there area numerous resources available, so we won’t get too in the weeds there) By realizing what data literacy is and why it’s important for us all to have some level of it, we (looking at those who are deeper in the tech/data world) can lend a hand to others.

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